Developers and landlords should give tenants a “right to garden”, a leading horticulturist has said as he campaigns for more green spaces in new-build homes.…
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Earthworm – the soil-maker, without whom we’d struggle to feed ourselves
The people have spoken and the choice of Guardian readers for the final nominee for UK invertebrate of the year is resounding: all hail Lumbricus…
View More Earthworm – the soil-maker, without whom we’d struggle to feed ourselvesIn defence of wasps: a misunderstood insect with human-like qualities
When I am asked to choose my favourite insect, I have no hesitation in choosing the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris). I have been stung many…
View More In defence of wasps: a misunderstood insect with human-like qualitiesIn defence of slugs and moths: the pesky invertebrates Britain loves to hate
Slugs eat our lettuce. Moths eat our jumpers. It seems pretty unlikely that either will win the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year competition, and yet…
View More In defence of slugs and moths: the pesky invertebrates Britain loves to hateSurvivalist gardens and hot-weather fruits among 2024 trends, RHS predicts
Fruits that thrive in hot weather and can now be grown in the ever-hotter UK summers, and weeds such as cow parsley to decorate borders,…
View More Survivalist gardens and hot-weather fruits among 2024 trends, RHS predictsPlantwatch: the bamboo that flowers once every 120 years
Bamboos can take years or even decades to flower, but the hachiku bamboo pushes this habit to the extreme – it flowers once every 120…
View More Plantwatch: the bamboo that flowers once every 120 yearsWet UK summer brings high hopes for spectacular autumn display
After a disappointing season last year when the wrong sort of weather at the wrong time made the autumnal colours of the UK’s parks, gardens…
View More Wet UK summer brings high hopes for spectacular autumn display‘Let them garden’: call for landlords to help tenants and wildlife flourish
Landlords have a responsibility to allow renters to garden, a top garden designer has said while exhibiting a “portable” wildlife courtyard at Hampton Court Palace…
View More ‘Let them garden’: call for landlords to help tenants and wildlife flourishPrairie planting takes root in UK as gardeners battle drought and floods
Years of hot dry summers parching lawns and killing off prize blooms have caused many gardeners to switch to using gravel and Mediterranean herbs, trees…
View More Prairie planting takes root in UK as gardeners battle drought and floodsGarden water butts get a long overdue design makeover
They are water-saving wonders but plastic water butts have traditionally been eyesores to keep hidden from view. Now, though, with conserving water more important than…
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